Best robot ever build

Do I need to say more?

Johnny Lee: Wii Remote hacks

If you ever wanted to build your own whiteboard, this is a way to do it with just $30 instead of several grand. All you need is a Wiimote and some form of IR LED. Great thing for schools who are low on money.

Halloween Math

College teacher does some pranks with a projector for his class on Halloween. Very creative, probably took lots of time to make.

Andes Teletransporter

This is actually a real thing that was built and put into some bars in Argentina. Genius Idea!

The Periodic Table of Videos

The Periodic Table of Videos ist a great Youtube channel by a Nottingham chemistry professor about all kinds of fascinating chemicals. I highly recommend browsing his channel. This one is about tea science.

Clifford Stoll - 18 minutes about... well, I can't really explain

Cliff Stoll is an astronomer and was one of the heads behind the investigation of the Markus Hess / Karl Koch hacks to sell U.S. military information to the KGB in 1986. He wrote a book and a TV documentary was made called "The KGB, the Computer, and Me", which is available here. He is also known for his "weird, but lovable scientist" demeanour and for making Klein bottles. And for lots more. I wish my science teacher was like that.

Ant city uprooted

How can you show the complexities and beauty of an underground ant city?
Easy - just pour in some concrete.

Math teacher draws a perfect freehand circle

This is truly one useful ability when teaching geometry.

Pepcon disaster, one of the biggest explosions in U.S. history

Rarely do we get the chance to see the effects of a large shockwave in real life or even caught on tape. One of these events was the Pepcon disaster 1988, a detonating fuel plant that made rocket propellent. Unfortunately, two lives were lost in the event, though one could argue that two fatalities is almost a small toll in such a disaster. Watch:

A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

Great flipbook film, made by an art school student. It really does some up the history of everything, made with 2100 sheets of paper and a ballpoint pen. The Pythonesque ending is the cherry on the cake.

Physics in India

I feel sorry for the horses... and for Newton.

Intel commercials

In case you missed 'em on TV or don't own a TV like me, here's some nerdy IBM tech humor.

First Post

Hi folks!

This is my second blog, besides my original German-language "And the water seems inviting", which is about all kinds of science and weird stuff. I didn't want to clog that one with too many videos, as some people find it annoying to have videos attached to every blogpost. As I spend roughly 8 hours a day on "the tube" since 2005, I figured I might have developed quite an expertise for what is interesting and what is not. So this is wholefully intended to give you the best Youtube videos for science, comedy and all kinds of stuff that is just damn fascinating.
 

Enjoy!